How to Delete The "Move to Dropbox" Entry In The Contextual Menu?

I have noticed recently that when I right click on a file/folder in Windows 7, the contextual menu brings up an entry entitled Move to Dropbox ( enabling one to send a selected file/folder to ones Dropbox folder on Windows, which will be automatically synchronized to their online Dropbox account).I haven't noticed this before, and I am guessing it coincides with the recent release of Dropbox Version 2.4.

At present I have no need for this entry, and would like to know how to remove it (either via comand prompt or other means) from the contextual menu and additionally how to add it again to the contextual menu (if so desired in the future) ?

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You may use CCleaner.

Once downloaded and installed, open CCleaner.
On the left select 'Tools' then 'Startup' and select the tab 'Context Menu'.
From there you can edit/disable the entries.

Alternatively you can downloaded a more advanced program called ShellExView.

Please note: CCleaner is a lot easier to use but will not show all context menu entries.

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I didn't want to install CCleaner, so I used instructions found at intowindows.com. That site includes pictures, but superusers should be able to follow text directions. :) It's only 4 steps:

1. Exit Dropbox
2. Right-click the shortcut for Dropbox in your Windows Start menu and select Properties.
3. Add --move-to-dropbox=False to the end of the Target line, e.g. C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe /home --move-to-dropbox=False
4. Click OK in the shortcut dialog.

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I remove the Dropbox from context menu with this steps on Windows 10. 2018

• 1: Go to the dropbox Icon right click and select open file location
• 2: In this step, you must see the Dropbox.exe, right-click anywhere and open the CMD in this location -
• 3: On this location type this command Dropbox --move-to-dropbox=False

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You can run the following command

regsvr32 /u "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\DropboxExt.22.dll"

Replace [username] with the username of the windows account you are logged into to remove the context menu, as this is a per-user setting.

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